diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_fieldnames.test.ts.snap b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_fieldnames.test.ts.snap
index 4a72b12355ce67..3ba2bd27677730 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_fieldnames.test.ts.snap
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/__snapshots__/elasticsearch_fieldnames.test.ts.snap
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ exports[`Error OBSERVER_VERSION_MAJOR 1`] = `undefined`;
 
 exports[`Error PARENT_ID 1`] = `"parentId"`;
 
-exports[`Error POD_ID 1`] = `undefined`;
+exports[`Error POD_NAME 1`] = `undefined`;
 
 exports[`Error PROCESSOR_EVENT 1`] = `"error"`;
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ exports[`Span OBSERVER_VERSION_MAJOR 1`] = `undefined`;
 
 exports[`Span PARENT_ID 1`] = `"parentId"`;
 
-exports[`Span POD_ID 1`] = `undefined`;
+exports[`Span POD_NAME 1`] = `undefined`;
 
 exports[`Span PROCESSOR_EVENT 1`] = `"span"`;
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ exports[`Transaction OBSERVER_VERSION_MAJOR 1`] = `undefined`;
 
 exports[`Transaction PARENT_ID 1`] = `"parentId"`;
 
-exports[`Transaction POD_ID 1`] = `"pod1234567890abcdef"`;
+exports[`Transaction POD_NAME 1`] = `undefined`;
 
 exports[`Transaction PROCESSOR_EVENT 1`] = `"transaction"`;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/elasticsearch_fieldnames.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/elasticsearch_fieldnames.ts
index 32c73458a295a9..365a9865b6e47e 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/elasticsearch_fieldnames.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/common/elasticsearch_fieldnames.ts
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ export const METRIC_JAVA_THREAD_COUNT = 'jvm.thread.count';
 
 export const HOST_NAME = 'host.hostname';
 export const CONTAINER_ID = 'container.id';
-export const POD_ID = 'kubernetes.pod.uid';
+export const POD_NAME = 'kubernetes.pod.name';
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ErrorGroupOverview/index.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ErrorGroupOverview/index.tsx
index e53e3593e22d55..57b7ea200ece70 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ErrorGroupOverview/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ErrorGroupOverview/index.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const ErrorGroupOverview: React.SFC = () => {
 
   const localUIFiltersConfig = useMemo(() => {
     const config: React.ComponentProps<typeof LocalUIFilters> = {
-      filterNames: ['transactionResult', 'host', 'containerId', 'podId'],
+      filterNames: ['transactionResult', 'host', 'containerId', 'podName'],
       params: {
         serviceName
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMetrics/index.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMetrics/index.tsx
index 44a881472566e7..871e48c290503a 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMetrics/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/ServiceMetrics/index.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function ServiceMetrics({ agentName }: ServiceMetricsProps) {
     typeof LocalUIFilters
   > = useMemo(
     () => ({
-      filterNames: ['host', 'containerId', 'podId'],
+      filterNames: ['host', 'containerId', 'podName'],
       params: {
         serviceName
       },
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TraceOverview/index.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TraceOverview/index.tsx
index a5a7a8d45a7dcd..74819600d44a9a 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TraceOverview/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TraceOverview/index.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export function TraceOverview() {
 
   const localUIFiltersConfig = useMemo(() => {
     const config: React.ComponentProps<typeof LocalUIFilters> = {
-      filterNames: ['transactionResult', 'host', 'containerId', 'podId'],
+      filterNames: ['transactionResult', 'host', 'containerId', 'podName'],
       projection: PROJECTION.TRACES
     };
 
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionOverview/index.tsx b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionOverview/index.tsx
index 5bcf7177157d91..52450bc3876f32 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionOverview/index.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/public/components/app/TransactionOverview/index.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export function TransactionOverview() {
     typeof LocalUIFilters
   > = useMemo(
     () => ({
-      filterNames: ['transactionResult', 'host', 'containerId', 'podId'],
+      filterNames: ['transactionResult', 'host', 'containerId', 'podName'],
       params: {
         serviceName,
         transactionType
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/server/lib/ui_filters/local_ui_filters/config.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/server/lib/ui_filters/local_ui_filters/config.ts
index edb5f01b364e01..5d10a4ae27060a 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/server/lib/ui_filters/local_ui_filters/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/apm/server/lib/ui_filters/local_ui_filters/config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import {
   CONTAINER_ID,
-  POD_ID,
+  POD_NAME,
   SERVICE_AGENT_NAME,
   HOST_NAME,
   TRANSACTION_RESULT
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ const filtersByName = {
     }),
     fieldName: CONTAINER_ID
   },
-  podId: {
-    title: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.localFilters.titles.podId', {
+  podName: {
+    title: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.localFilters.titles.podName', {
       defaultMessage: 'Pod'
     }),
-    fieldName: POD_ID
+    fieldName: POD_NAME
   },
   transactionResult: {
     title: i18n.translate('xpack.apm.localFilters.titles.transactionResult', {